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Looking At Downtown’s Future Through Carl Person’s Eyes

Looking At Downtown’s Future Through Carl Person’s Eyes

by | Mar 9, 2021 | , , , , | 0

Thumbnail: Projects on the horizon – Tom Lee Park’s transformation, The Walk at Union construction, a new Memphis Brooks Museum of Art, and the projects of the Downtown Memphis Commission – position the city for a burst of momentum unseen in decades.  Carl Person is at the center of much of it, and he’s the subject of today’s blog post.

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Flashback from 2005: Studies Offer Reality Check on Memphis’ Urban Core

Flashback from 2005: Studies Offer Reality Check on Memphis’ Urban Core

by | Dec 7, 2020 | , , , | 0

Thumbnail:  It’s not like we haven’t been warned about the racial disparity in income, thje poverty, the economic segregation, etc.  This blog post from 15 years ago also suggests that we shouldn’t allow our enthusiasm about downtown’s progress to obscure the sluggish economic growth that continues to be a drag on our trajectory.  It also suggests that our rhetoric regularly outstrips our actions to improve things, or we wouldn’t still be talking about the need to address some of these issues today.

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